MUS 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Original Dixieland Jass Band, Haitian Revolution, Salon Music
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Yes but influences came from surrounding rural areas and from far and wide plus many musicians left n. o for chicago, nyc, ca, well before jazz was first recorded. No, jazz was played all over the city (and especially for dancing and parades) Jaser (french for to chat a lot), jazibiyah (arabic for power of attraction) No but it retained certain practices common to african and. Listen: simpa (fire) by hausa drummer and on mardi gra. Spirituals, minstrel songs (white people doing black face to make fun of. Mixed populations of african americans, creoles, caribbeans, mexicans, 1917 by the original dixieland jass band. Depends on who you ask and what you mean by jazz. More than 50% of population had some african heritage. Laws designed to erode the privileged status of creoles of color. Africanized drumming/dancing allowed to contain the voodoo threat. Red light district w/ 2000 registered prostitutes. Also dance halls, parads, and river boats.
